Legendry Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passes away

According to earlier details, Veteran Actor Vinod had been hospitalised due to "severe dehydration" in HN Reliance Foundation and Research Centre in Girgaon, Mumbai.

Vinod was born on 6 October, 1946. The actor has been part of several Bollywood projects. He was seen in 141 films between 1968 and 2013.

Vinod was also a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gurdaspur district of Punjab.

He was also seen in lead roles in several popular films including like Mere Apne, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Gaddaar (1973 film), Jail Yatra, Imitihaan, Inkaar, Kuchhe Dhaage, Amar Akbar Anthony, Rajput, Qurbani, Kudrat, Dayavan, Kaarnama,Suryaa: An Awakening, Jurm, Insaaf and Satyamev Jayate.

Khanna was first seen in small second lead roles or negative roles after making his debut in 1968.

At the peak of his film career, in 1982 Khanna decided to quit the film industry temporarily though to follow his spiritual guru Osho Rajneesh but after a 5 year hiatus, he returned to the Hindi film industry.